As of the disclosure today, news about the WiFi “KRACK” is starting to circulate widely. It has had so much coverage that it has taken down some of the common security sites due to the volume of people trying to find out more! I think most people are already aware that you are vulnerable if you use Public WiFi that… Read more →
Machines Learning You
This was triggered by one of those “Top ten concerts” memes that went around Facebook, where you post your 9 favourite concerts and a 10th that is “a lie” – i.e. one you haven’t been to. There was a similar idea with a twist asking people: “What’s something you’ve done that you’re reasonably confident you’re the only person on my… Read more →
Marrying Technology and Humanity – and One Question
It is rare to get to an event that stretches your brain, but the One Question conference was such an event. “How do we successfully marry technology and humanity?” This isn’t an overview of the whole day – that would be a book rather than a blog post – and there is a book (One Edition) from the day which… Read more →
From Big Data to Bioinformatics and Genomics
A few people have asked me what areas I am working on currently, so here’s a quick synopsis. I am still speaking regularly (I even got called a “science communicator” recently – I’m not entirely sure about that one!), but the bulk of my time continues to be spent on my executive roles, applying big data skills and psychology to… Read more →
Project Soli – Tech of 2015
Each year I take pause to look back on the year ponder what might have been the most significant new technology to emerge. This year at Google I/O we were introduced to Project Soli. Touch has significantly changed the way that we interact with software and the web (as a side note, this year I had the pleasure of meeting James… Read more →
Photographs Are Taken From Behind The Lens
One of the many things I’ve noticed since adding photography to my professional skillset is how it has changed the way that I look at things. There is so much more to a scenario than we perceive at first glance; we also put a huge amount of ourselves to what we perceive. One of the nicest, and most frequent, compliments I… Read more →